KURDISH NEWS BRIEFING, 05 AUGUST – 28 August 2018

NEWS1. Swedish Left Party MP sends letter to Öcalan2. Turkish state to build colonial roads to invaded territory3. Muslim: Our goal is for TEV-DEM to organize the 3rd territory4. Afrin people protest human rights organizations for their silence5. Turkey police fire tear gas at mothers’ protest6. ‘Kurdish-led delegation holds fresh talks with Syria govt. in Damascus’7. Turkish star witnesses against US pastor Andrew Brunson are his expelled congregantsOPINION, COMMENTARY, ANALYSIS1. Kurds hit Turkey-backed rebels in Afrin’s countryside2. Russia-Turkey-Iran pact can end over Idlib3. Syriaʹs Kurds hold the cards4. The Kurds- Erdogan’s Favored Target, and Turkish Democracy’s Greatest Hope5. ‘I met my IS captor on a German street’6. Nurtured by the state7. Turkey’s President Erdogan Vows to Win ‘Economic War’ With U.S.8. Turkey: Erdogan’s rule is built on quicksand9. The fallout from Turkey’s crisis will cause damage far beyond its borders10. The reason Turkey’s economic collapse is so scary is that Iran, Russia, and Syria are waiting in the wings11. World Markets Brace for Impact of Turkish Lira Crisis12. The US-Turkey Crisis: The NATO Alliance Forged in 1949 Is Today Largely Irrelevant13. Turkey’s repressive regime turns academic’s life upside-down14. In colonised Kurdish society even the flowers can be labelled terrorists15. Journalism in Exile: “Turkey had turned into hell for journalism”16. It feels like everyday life under the revolution: Growing a new world in Rojava.17. Why Moscow left Kurds. Five reasons18. The Rojava experimentDOCUMENTS1. Freedom of Expression Weekly Bulletin 17 August 20182. Freedom of Expression Weekly Bulletin 03 August 20183. What happened in Turkey in July 2018

EVENTS, CAMPAIGNS, ACTION1. Call for the long march “Freedom for Rêber APO!” from 2nd to 7th of September2. REVOLUTION IN THE MAKING – International Women’s Conference – 5.-7.10.20183. 26th International Kurdish Culture and Art Festival in Germany
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EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR AFRIN

Life in Afrin

Weekly News Briefing

Jeremy Corbyn issues statement of support for the National Demo

Message from Jeremy Corbyn to Kurdish national demonstration in London:
“I’m sorry not to be able to be with you today, but I send a message of solidarity with today’s demonstration, and with the Kurdish people, under sustained attack across the Middle East.
The conflict in Syria has been the trigger for an onslaught against the Kurdish people, who are defending their autonomy and their rights.
We are watching closely the alarming events that have been unfolding in Turkey in recent weeks, including the killing of civilians and destruction of Kurdish homes.
Any negotiated settlement of the Syrian conflict must include peace and justice for the Kurds, including in Turkey. And the Turkish government needs as a matter of urgency to restart the peace process with the Kurds and respect the rights of all its people.
We call for an end to repression of the Kurds and justice for the Kurdish people throughout the Middle East.”

Destruction and Repression in North Kurdistan

Freedom for Ocalan!

On the 19th anniversary of his kidnap and imprisonment by Turkey, we renew our call for Abdullah Ocalan to be freed as part of a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question.